An ethical action, like an unethical action, is usually analyzed by politicians purely in pragmatic terms. Adam Michnik Read Quote
I do know that you have to choose between the logic of reconciliation and the logic of justice. Pure justice leads to new civil war. I prefer the negotiable revolution. Adam Michnik Read Quote
I do not accept being a prisoner of fear. Of Communism, of fascism. That, one can bear. But of one’s fear. No. Never. Adam Michnik Read Quote
The ethics of journalism are one thing. Another thing is the ethics of business. Adam Michnik Read Quote
The Polish freedom movement of 1968 lost its confrontation with police violence; the Prague Spring was crushed by the armies of five Warsaw Pact members. But in both countries, 1968 gave birth to a new political consciousness. Adam Michnik Read Quote
In Czechoslovakia in 1968, communist reformers appealed to democratic ideals that were deeply rooted in the country’s pre-second world war past. Adam Michnik Read Quote
The main difference between the Prague Spring and the Velvet Revolution was that the former was mostly the work of Communist party members and others who wanted to bring about ‘socialism with a human face.’ Adam Michnik Read Quote
For those of us imprisoned in Poland, the Prague Spring was a harbinger of hope. Adam Michnik Read Quote
Pacifism as a mass movement aims to avoid suffering; pacifists often say that no cause is worth suffering or dying for. The ethos of Solidarity is based on an opposite premise – that there are causes worth suffering and dying for. Adam Michnik Read Quote
